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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 27.
Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2009 Apr;104(4):554–563. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02517.x

Table 3.

Unrecorded per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages in litres of 100% alcohol by means of acquisition in 2000’s, and changes in 2003–2004.1

Litres per capita Change 2003–2004
2003 2004 2006 litres %
Imports by travellers, of which 0.88 1.56 1.39 0.68 77
 Strong alcoholic beverages 0.42 0.88 0.76 0.46 110
 Intermediate products 0.07 0.10 0.08 0.03 43
 Wines 0.11 0.15 0.18 0.04 36
 Ciders and long drinks 0.01 0.07 0.11 0.06 6002
 Beer 0.27 0.36 0.24 0.09 33
Consumption outside Finland 0.33 0.33 0.30 0.00 0
Legal home production 0.19 0.11 0.09 −0.08 −42
Illegal home production and smuggling 0.27 0.11 0.08 −0.16 −59
Total 1.66 2.11 1.86 0.45 27
1

The figures are based on interview studies, so they should only be taken as indicative of the order of magnitude, even if the estimates are given with an accuracy of two decimal places in the tables.

2

The strong relative growth in the imports of long drinks and ciders by travellers after 2003 is due to the very small absolute imported amounts before 2004 when they were included in the import quota of wines or strong alcoholic beverages, depending on the method of production. The small quotas were rarely used for importing long drinks or ciders.

Source: National Product Control Agency for Welfare and Health & STAKES